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DECATUR, Ohio — Authorities say a 9-year-old boy is in critical condition after being
accidentally shot in the head.

Brown County Sheriff Dwayne Wenninger said it happened yesterday afternoon in the southern
Ohio village of Decatur, southeast of Cincinnati.

Wenninger said Sebastian Schwartz got his father’s gun from the bedroom and was playing with
it when a younger sister tried to take it away from him. That’s when it discharged, hitting him in
the head.

The boy was flown to a Cincinnati hospital, where he was in critical condition following a
four-hour surgery last night.

Wenninger said results of the investigation will be turned over to prosecutors, who will
decide if the boy’s parents should face charges.